December Naked Astronomy podcast released

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In this edition of Naked Astronomy, why scientists are making mud in the laboratory to try free a trapped Mars rover, the discs that give birth to new planets, the space equivalent of an ordnance survey map for the stars and how scientists are seeking the origins of life in outer space. Plus, your queries about the cosmos: could Earth capture a new moon, why is the asteroid belt not just a planet and is there a planet beyond Pluto... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

More details of the podcast are posted here, and on the Naked Astronomy website.

The sky on 3 Jun 2026

The sky on 3 June 2026
Sunrise
05:38
Sunset
19:59
Twilight ends
21:42
Twilight begins
03:55


Waning Gibbous

84%

18 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:59 14:17 21:36
Venus 08:09 15:23 22:36
Moon 22:30 03:15 08:04
Mars 03:56 10:40 17:24
Jupiter 08:42 15:47 22:52
Saturn 02:41 08:51 15:01
All times shown in PDT.

Source

This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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